Middle School Journalism Online Single Semester

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SKU: D2L_ENG005

Who? What? When? Where? Journalism provides us with the answers to these questions for the events that affect our lives. In this course, students will learn how to gather information, organize ideas, format stories for different forms of news media, and edit their stories for publication. The course will also examine the historical development of journalism and the role of journalism in society.

Unit 1: What is Journalism?

· Print Journalism

· Internet Journalism

· The Types of News Journalists Cover

· Key Roles in Journalism

 

Unit 2: Analyzing Media

· Being Newsworthy

· Audience

· Fact versus Opinion

· Analyzing a News Story

 

Unit 3: Gathering Information

· Gathering Information Introduction

· Types of Sources

· Getting the Best Sources

· How Journalists get their Information

· Asking Questions

 

Unit 4: Organizing Information

· Types of News Stories

· Determining What's Important

· Organizational Techniques

· Hourglass Style

 

Unit 5: Writing an Article

· Writing an Article

· Organizing an Article

· Writing a Headline

· Writing the Actual Article

· Revising an Article

 

Unit 6: Preparing a Newscast

· Parts of a Newscast

· Preparing a Story for the News

· Adding Graphics

· Writing a Script

 

Unit 7: Editing an Article or Newscast

· Editing a Newspaper

· Macro and Micro Editing

· Editing a News Segment

· Common Mistakes

 

Unit 8: Media, the Law and Ethics

· Journalism and the First Amendment

· Journalism and the Law

· Journalism and Ethics

· Objectivity

 

Unit 9: Media and Society

· Media and Society

· Yellow Journalism and Staying on Top

· Presenting Multiple Perspectives

· The Internet and Journalism

 

Unit 10: A History of Journalism

· The History of the Newspaper

· The History of Broadcast Journalism

· Radio

· Women in Journalism

· African-Americans in Journalism

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